of Tennessee and Kentucky, the grand-children of those early pioneers and their associates, by hundreds and by thousands were not slow in availing themselves of the opportunities in their easy reach, consequent on the removal of the Indians. A large emigration from Middle Tennessee to the new unsettled sections occurred between 1835 and 1845. From Nashville and the country nearby, a large number of farmers, educated young professional men, and merchants emigrated to seek their fortunes in the regions then recently opened to settlement.

Dr. Osborn began the practice of his profession in 1840. Three years afterwards impelled by his inherited pioneer spirit he determined to remove to Alabama. He accordingly mounted his horse and made his lonely journey thither. His horse having become sick, he stopped at Lacey's Springs at the foot of the mountain south of Tennessee, and there did a paying practice for two years. His next removal was to Erie, Green County, Ala., on the Warrior River. There he remained eight years and collected all of his fees amounting to an aggregate of $20,000, save only the small sum of $350.

Having then three children ready for school, in 1852 he removed to Greensboro the county seat, to secure for them the excellent educational advantages existing there. In 1872 he was attacked with a mild form of hemiplegia, from which he did not entirely recover until after emigrating in 1879 to the hills of Louisiana, where he fully recovered his health. It is highly probable that his paralysis was caused by malarial poisoning and not caused by disease of the nerve centers, but having its origin in the peripheral nerves. There was no perceptible mental failure. For the calls upon him in his office for professional advice increased rather than abated. His mind continued clear and active.

He emigrated to Louisiana determined never again to practice medicine. He engaged there in farming, taking an activs part in all the labors incident thereto, with the result of a complete recovery from his paralysis. Though protesting that he did not desire to practice, patients forced their cases upon his attention, and pleading for

advice they came to him from many miles around wil. lingly paying fees of from five to twenty-five dollars for advice and prescription. Having recovered his health, in 1882 he came to Cleburne, Texas, where he entered upon a successful practice, from which the physical infirmities of age at last compelled him to retire.

On January 9, 1845, Dr. Osborn married Miss Harriet Charles McClellan, of Morgan County, Ala. Of this marriage were born four boys and four girls, of whom five are still living-two sons and three daughters. Mrs. Osborn died July 18, 1888.

Dr. Osborn writes under date November 11th inst., "I am in fine health but my old muscles and brain are growing more foeble and worthless every day, but let me add that by way of exercise in afternoons, I have sawed and split up three cords of hard, dried wood in my back yard within the past three months, and did only six to twelve sticks at a time."

Dr. O. has always been an industrious, ardent and systematic student, as well as a faithful and conscientious observer. For many years he kept records of his meteorological observations. He has also kept an Index Rerum, whereby he is able to refer to topics of interest scattered through medical text books and journals. His contributions to medical literature are found in many medical journals published during the active period of his long life.

Among those contributions may be noted some of the most original and valuable ones, viz.: Vol. 9, page 237, new series Western Medical and Surgical Journal, "Report of a case of Ascites caused by Peritonitis, which after three tappings was cured in a week by ten drop doses of Tinct. of Iodine." "Notice of Gallium Tinctorium in Acute Dysentery," (same journal page 202, third series. "Peculiar Appearance of Tongue in Malarial Infection," republished in Transactions of American Medical Association, 1869, from Western Medical and Surgical Journal, vol. 8, page 109, third series; same journal, vol. 6, page 7 (1850), "Singular Case of Pregnancy at Full Term-Death of Foetus." In the New Orleans Medical

Journal many of his papers appeared; among them, "A New Application of Nicotianum Tabacum," vol. 19, page 308, 1866. "A Neuralgic Pill," and "A Fracture of the Femur," "A Case of Puerperal Eclampsia, and the Successful Use of Morphia Hypodematically in Alabama in 1868. "Report of Ten Cases of Malarial Hemorrhagic Fever," in October number, 1888. These are only a few of his contributions to medical science. He has always been a welcome contributor to the medical journals of the southwest, because always truthful and original. Of all his contributions to medical progress Dr. Osborn considers his original suggestion concerning the propylaxis and abortion of small pox, and his report of three cases of carbuncle aborted by medical instead of surgical means, published in The Texas Medical Journal in the December number, 1896, as the best. The tonic formula he used in those three cases was known to the profession in Alabama as Dr. Vumpe's Tonic, which contained quinine iron, asenic and tinct. of opium, water being used as a solvent and menstruum. The quantities of the ingredients are stated in The Texas Medical Journal of the date above mentioned.

The aged subject of this sketch is bearing his weigh of years with Christian resignation, well cared for by his devoted children. Miss Ethel his youngest child, with a devotion that never wearies cares for him in his home. Two of his sons are near him in Cleburne, viz.: Dr. James L. Osborn, whose reputation as a physician is of the highest type, as proven by the fact that he was several years ago president of the Texas State Medical Association; and Thomas C. Osborn, Jr., a merchant whose filial devotion is a great consolation to his grand old father. His remaining daughters, Mrs. Harriet, wife of F. G. Taylor residing at Dallas, and Mr. E. J. Mason of Ft. Worth, are equally devoted to their honored and honorable sire.

Now having been retired by age from active practice, he is regarded in the southwest as the patriach of the profession wherever he is or has been known. The medical fraternity universally feel that his career has re